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- catalog abstract ""When in June 1923 a bewildered audience in London's Aeolian Hall heard Edith Sitwell declaim her Facade poems through a megaphone, the 21-year-old William Walton - conducting behind a painted backcloth - stood on the threshold of fame." "Throughout the 1920s and 1930s his position as Britains' premier composer seemed assured, with a succession of works that included the Viola Concerto, Belshazzar's Feast and the First Symphony. He was also one of the first serious composers to be involved in films. His complex personality - 'remote, removed, distant' in Laurence Olivier's words - was at odds, however, with his vital and dramatic music; composition for him was an arduous, often painful, process, riddled with difficulties, uncertainties and self-doubts, and further complicated by several love affairs (one being with Italy) that inspired his finest works." "Using first-hand accounts, including contemporary correspondence, articles and interviews, this account of Walton's life also draws on material newly available relating to his friends and associates. The reception of Facade and Walton's work in both films and radio are fully explored."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11991990.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Throughout the 1920s and 1930s his position as Britains' premier composer seemed assured, with a succession of works that included the Viola Concerto, Belshazzar's Feast and the First Symphony. He was also one of the first serious composers to be involved in films. His complex personality - 'remote, removed, distant' in Laurence Olivier's words - was at odds, however, with his vital and dramatic music; composition for him was an arduous, often painful, process, riddled with difficulties, uncertainties and self-doubts, and further complicated by several love affairs (one being with Italy) that inspired his finest works."".
- catalog description ""Using first-hand accounts, including contemporary correspondence, articles and interviews, this account of Walton's life also draws on material newly available relating to his friends and associates. The reception of Facade and Walton's work in both films and radio are fully explored."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""When in June 1923 a bewildered audience in London's Aeolian Hall heard Edith Sitwell declaim her Facade poems through a megaphone, the 21-year-old William Walton - conducting behind a painted backcloth - stood on the threshold of fame."".
- catalog description "Includes list of works, bibliographical and discographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 332 p. :".
- catalog identifier "085115803X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "780/.92 B 21".
- catalog subject "Composers England Biography.".
- catalog subject "ML410.W292 L56 2001".
- catalog subject "Walton, William, 1902-1983.".
- catalog title "William Walton : muse of fire / Stephen Lloyd.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".